Popular legend holds that famed scout Pauline Weaver served as namesake for this unique natural configuration, but an equally pervasive volume of lore credits the title to the fact that the rock formation resembles a needle formerly favored by weavers.

Weaver’s Needle (elevation 4,525’) is situated within the Superstition Mountains, which are best known as the home of the famed Lost Dutchman’s Mine. The mountains current name probably emanates from the valley dwelling tribes who viewed the mountains as a place of bad medicine, since it was alleged that those entering them never returned. The real culprits may have been Apaches, who typically watched from the peaks and ambushed any soul daring enough to enter the mountains.
- Michael Goldwater